http://www.esolargarden.com All about Solar Power & Solar Lighting Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:40:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some Solar Eclipse Definitions Solar Eclipse: Happens when the moon is between the sun and the earth so the Sun is completely or partially blocked. Total Solar Eclipse: The Sun is almost completely blocked because the moon completely blocks it. A very faint corona is still visible. Annular Solar Eclipse: The Sun appears ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~4/30K2iMUp6hY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~3/30K2iMUp6hY/next-solar-eclipses-until-2020.html http://www.esolargarden.com/blog/next-solar-eclipses-until-2020.html I’ve been tinkering around with php and decided to make a tool which shows what date the next solar eclipse is on. Heres an example of what happens when you run the code: I’m thinking about changing it to be a bit more graphic. Maybe I should just make it a ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~4/1_jv5VlhSxo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~3/1_jv5VlhSxo/next-solar-eclipse-widget.html http://www.esolargarden.com/blog/next-solar-eclipse-widget.html Solar Power: energy that has been converted into useable electricity. Solar Energy: light and heat from the sun. Solar Updraft Tower: power plant which uses a greenhouse type structure to heat air. The air then rises and escapes at the top of the tower. The air moves through turbines which then produce ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~4/LPy9UTaBGsY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~3/LPy9UTaBGsY/solar-power-glossary-of-definitions.html http://www.esolargarden.com/blog/solar-power-glossary-of-definitions.html Definition: energy in the form of light and heat. Solar energy allows life, and creates the weather/climate conditions we have on our earth. Interesting Facts Power Used: if we used 0.001744% of the available solar energy on earth it would meet current global consumption. Greenhouses: romans were the first to build a green ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~4/lLYMnNfn5Hg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~3/lLYMnNfn5Hg/facts-about-solar-energy.html http://www.esolargarden.com/blog/facts-about-solar-energy.html Basically solar power is a method of converting light into a useful form of energy. This energy is then used in quite a few different ways. One of the more interesting ongoing forms of solar energy use is the development and implementation of solar power for production of electricity. This ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~4/MCdf1B-p77A" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ESolarGarden/~3/MCdf1B-p77A/what-is-solar-power.html http://www.esolargarden.com/blog/what-is-solar-power.html